My grandmother who fought with diabetes her whole life had to have both legs amputated because of infections that started in her feet and spread very rapidly to the rest of the legs.

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Diabetes patients with foot wounds — especially deep or long-lasting wounds — and circulatory problems are at much higher risk to require hospitalization and even amputation.

So says a study in June’s issue of Diabetes Care. The study comes from Lawrence Lavery, DPM, MPH, and colleagues. Lavery is a professor in the surgery department of Texas A&M University. He also works at Scott and White Hospital in Georgetown, Texas.